Last Wednesday, during the second padded practice of training camp, the first fight of the year broke out when QB Justin Fields was tackled to the ground by ILB Elandon Roberts. It wasn’t an egregious hit, but quarterbacks are off limits and protected at practice. Rookie OG Mason McCormick and others took exception to that hit and retaliated, which started the full-team scrum.
For the first time since the fight, McCormick spoke to media before Saturday’s practice and detailed why he got involved in the dust-up.
“I mean, that’s what we get paid to do is protect the quarterback whatever it takes,” McCormick said in a clip posted by 93.